Tony Blair and Wendy Deng fed each other during dinner at
her then-husband Rupert Murdoch’s Californian ranch - where he was also caught
going into her bedroom, a magazine has claimed.

The former prime minister and Miss Deng, who is now divorced
from Mr Murdoch, 82, spent time together without the media tycoon knowing,
Vanity Fair said in a series of extraordinary allegations.

And it also disclosed the contents of a note in which Miss
Deng, 45, wrote ‘I’m so missing Tony’, going on to talk about his ‘good body’,
and ‘really good legs’ adding: ‘I love his power on the stage.’

Rumours of an affair between Mr Blair, 60, and Miss Deng
have previously been labelled untrue and highly defamatory by Blair aides. His
office declined to comment on the latest claims, which come from
anonymous sources

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Writings: The contents of a secret note said to have been written by Rupert Murdoch's ex-wife Wendi Deng (right) about former prime minister Tony Blair have been 'revealed' for the first time

Allegation: It is claimed Miss Deng (right) wrote a note to herself while still married to Rupert Murdoch (left)

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A spokesman for Mr Blair said: 'We
have consistently stated, with regards to rumours about an alleged
affair between Tony Blair and Wendi Deng, that this is categorically
false.

'It is also a matter of public record that the Murdoch divorce is a "no fault" divorce action. Mr Blair has not been cited or involved in the proceedings in any way whatsoever.'

The allegations – which remain uncorroborated - will be seen
as being sympathetic to billionaire Mr Murdoch, whose 14-year marriage to Miss
Deng, his third wife, ended in divorce last year.

Mr Blair and Mr Murdoch had been allies since the 1990s and
they and their families had become friends. Mr Blair is the godfather of Grace
Murdoch, now 12, the eldest of the couple’s two daughters, who was baptised on
the banks of the River Jordan.

But today, Vanity Fair said in one astonishing allegation
that Miss Deng went to Rupert Murdoch’s ranch in Carmel, California, on her own
and Mr Blair joined her there, arriving by private jet.

Going topless: The former prime minister on holiday in 2005. It is claimed Miss Deng wrote a note to herself, rhapsodising about Mr Blair's 'good body', his 'really, really good legs' - even his 'butt'

Couples: Tony and Cherie Blair (left), following the wedding of their son Euan last year, and Mr Murdoch with Miss Deng (right), prior to their divorce

Aerial view: Staff were also shocked on another occasion last year when Miss Deng announced she would be spending the weekend alone at the California ranch (above) - only for Mr Blair to arrive by private jet

The
US magazine also claims that Miss Deng had other affairs with prominent
men, including Eric Schmidt, the boss of Google, and publishes a rather
less flattering note Miss Deng supposedly wrote about him.

The
58-year-old billionaire has reportedly had a string of affairs with
younger women, but has refused to comment on claims they included Miss
Deng.

Mr Blair and Mr Murdoch had been allies since the 1990s and
they and their families had become friends. Mr Blair is the godfather of Grace
Murdoch, now 12, the eldest of the couple’s two daughters, who was baptised on
the banks of the River Jordan.

The allegations are made in the March edition of Vanity
Fair, which has also published a note, said to have been written by Miss Deng
about Mr Blair, in which the businesswoman details her love of the former prime
minister’s ‘piercing blue eyes’ and sexy legs.

She wrote: ‘Because he is so charming and his clothes are so good. He has such good body and he has really really good legs Butt…And he is slim tall and good skin.’

WENDI ON HER BLAIR INFATUATION

‘Oh, s***, oh, s***. Whatever why I’m so missing Tony. Because he is so charming and his clothes are so good. He has such good body and he has really really good legs Butt…And he is slim tall and good skin. Pierce blue eyes which I love. Love his eyes.

'Also I love his power on the stage…and what else and what else and what else...’

... AND ON GOOGLE CHIEF

‘Lisa [girlfriend of Eric Schmidt, left] will never have my style, grace… I achieved my purpose of Eric saw me looking so gorgeous and so fantastic and so young, so cool, so chic, so stylish, so funny and he cannot have me.

'I’m not ever feel sad about losing Eric…Plus he is really ugly… I’m sooo happy I’m not with him.’

In it, 45-year-old Miss Deng also confided how Catherine Rimmer, Mr Blair’s strategic director, ‘does not like me because she does not want Tony gets [sic] in trouble with me.’ Providing startling new claiMiss about the couple’s relationship – which allegedly sparked the Murdochs’ recent divorce – the US magazine claimed they were even once seen feeding each other during a dinner together.

Their behaviour as they dined alone at the Murdochs’ California ranch made household staff uncomfortable, insiders were reported to have told the magazine.

Mr Murdoch bought the 1,000 acre ranch in the early 1990s with a previous wife Anna, and it is now owned through a trust by daughters Grace and Chloe, 10.

Famous moment: Miss Deng (second left) memorably lunged towards a man trying to attack her husband (sitting down) during a parliamentary committee hearing on phone hacking in London in July 2011

Family: Elisabeth Murdoch (left), daughter of Mr Murdoch (centre), who is seen with his ex-wife Miss Deng

Wedding day: Mr Murdoch and Miss Deng married in 1999, when she was 30 and he was 68

When
the two men spoke on the phone the following week, Mr Blair allegedly
didn’t mention he had been staying with Mr Murdoch’s wife.

Other
meetings between the couple are said to have taken place at the Carlyle
Hotel in New York, on a private yacht and in Mr Murdoch’s London home,
where Mr Blair was ‘seen coming and going at odd times’.

According
to Vanity Fair, they met again at the ranch on April 27 last year. Miss
Deng had said she was spending the weekend alone but Mr Blair arrived
by private jet with his bodyguards.

‘He
was looking for Mrs Murdoch,’ said a former employee of Mr Murdoch’s
News Corp. ‘At one point the staff told him she had gone to her room,
the master bedroom.

‘By the
time the staff could tell her that Mr Blair was looking for her, they
caught Mr Blair walking into the master bedroom and closing the door
behind him.’

The source added: ‘On another occasion, they were feeding each other during dinner, which made the staff uncomfortable.’

The
pair reportedly flew together the following day to Los Angeles to
attend a dinner that Mr Murdoch was hosting in aid of Mr Blair’s
foundation.

‘That, for Murdoch, was the straw that broke the camel’s back,’ said the insider.

The servants were also shocked on another occasion last April when, after Miss Deng had announced she would be spending the weekend alone at their California ranch, the former Prime Minister arrived by private jet.

Before they could announce his arrival, he had gone straight up to her bedroom and disappeared inside, shutting the door behind him, said a former Murdoch employee.

Vanity Fair says Mr Murdoch, 82, had long heard rumours that his wife – 38 years his junior - was close to several prominent men but was ‘taken aback’ when he heard reports that she was ‘too familiar’ relationship with Mr Blair.

Staff reportedly began to keep watch on his wife but were reluctant to voice their suspicions until Mr Murdoch asked them last summer to tell him the truth.

According to a former Murdoch household staff member, Mr Blair was ‘reluctant at first’ to meet Miss Deng on her own.

Wedding day: Mr Murdoch and Miss Deng married in 1999, when she was 30 and he was 68

The insider related how the former PM arrived one day at the Murdoch cattle ranch –a 1,000 acre estate in Carmel, California.

The media tycoon was away and his wife was ‘sort of being very flirtatious’ towards Mr Blair.

When he asked staff when Mr Murdoch was arriving and was told ‘Tomorrow night’, Mr Blair ‘rolled his eyes and gave a panicked look,’ said the source.

On another occasion, in October 2012, Miss Murdoch told her husband she was having a girls’ weekend at the ranch while he and his family were gathered at the home of his mother Elisabeth, then 102, who was feared to be at death’s door.

However, only one girlfriend, a self-help author named Kathy Freston, joined Miss Deng. And the friend left early - later being spotted at a separate event by friends of Mr Murdoch.

According to witnesses, Mr Blair arrived at the ranch on the Sunday and Miss Deng left the following day.

Close allies: Mr Blair and Mr Murdoch smile as they speak together before an awards dinner in Washington D.C. in 2008, when they were still personal friends and political allies

Family friends: Wendi Deng and Cherie Blair were also friendly in the past and appeared together to promote the Chinese version of Mrs Blair's autobiography in Beijing in 2009

Mr Murdoch had actually been trying at the time to get hold of the former PM, who was soliciting funds from the media tycoon for his foundation.

When the two men spoke on the phone the following week, Mr Blair allegedly did not mention he had been staying with Mr Murdoch’s wife.

Other meetings between the couple are said to have taken place at the luxury Carlyle Hotel in New York, on a private yacht and in Mr Murdoch’s London home in St James’s Place where Mr Blair was ‘seen coming and going’.

According to Vanity Fair, they met again at the California ranch on April 27 – a Saturday - last year.

Miss Deng had said she was spending the weekend alone but Mr Blair arrived by private jet with his bodyguards.

‘He was looking for Mrs Murdoch,’ said a former employee of Mr Murdoch’s News Corp.

‘At one point the staff told him she had gone to her room, the master bedroom. By the time the staff could tell her that Mr Blair was looking for her, they caught Mr Blair walking into the master bedroom and closing the door behind him.’

Google boss Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy (right) together last year in New York, alongside Arianna Huffington, editor in chief of the Huffington Post (left). Wendi Deng reportedly had an affair with Mr Schmidt then branded him 'ugly'

The source added: ‘On another occasion, they were feeding each other during dinner, which made the staff uncomfortable. It was just the two of them.’

The claim of feeding was vehemently denied by friends of Mr Blair, who described it as 'untrue'.

The pair reportedly flew together the following day to Los Angeles to attend a dinner that Mr Murdoch was hosting in aid of Mr Blair’s foundation.

‘That, for Murdoch, was the straw that broke the camel’s back,’ said the insider in that it prompted him to look at his wife’s relationships with other men and, eventually, to file for divorce.

Mr Blair formed a close alliance with Mr Murdoch during his time as Labour leader. Mr Murdoch’s News UK company publishes The Times and The Sun newspapers.

The Sun dramatically switched its support from the Conservatives to Labour with just six weeks to go before the 1997 general election.

Mr Murdoch’s support was seen as crucial to the following three elections, which kept the Labour leader in Downing Street from 1997 to 2007.

Representatives for Miss Deng and Mr Murdoch have been approached for comment.